Reading Lolita in Tehran

Although, apparently, it is not up to date with the current situation in Iran, I enjoy Reading Lolita in Tehran these days. My sister bought it for me while she was here, Friday night when Borders was still open after fish and chips at the Eagle & Child.
Then we walked to the Tesco on Cowley Road so she could see the fun part of town, and I could buy pink lady apples for breakfast the next day.

Anyway, this is from the book:

A few years ago some members of the Iranian Parliament set up an investigative committee to examine the content of national television. The committee issued a lengthy report in which it condemned the showing of Billy Budd, because, it claimed, the story promoted homosexuality. Ironically, the Iranian television programmers had mainly chosen that film because of its lack of female characters.

Ceci n'est pas un chador...